BACKGROUND Worldwide, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia contribute to the death of a pregnant woman every three minutes. AIM To determine the demographic risk factors and values of blood pressure to predict preeclampsia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Demographic and clinical features of 300 normotensive pregnant women aged 28 ± 5 years and 100 preeclamptic women aged 28 ± 6 years, were assessed. Women wit...

The purpose of the paper was to describe general health, socio-economic and demographic characteristics of postmenopausal estrogen users in comparison to nonusers. During years 1994-2000, 717 postmenopausal estrogen users and 235 postmenopausal nonusers were gynecological examined, interweaved with a questionnaire including information on their health, socio-economic and demographic status and ...

BACKGROUND Blood transfusion is an essential component of a modern healthcare system. Because knowledge about blood donor demography may inform the design of strategies for donor recruitment and retention, we used nationwide registers to characterize the entire population of blood donors in Denmark in 2010. METHODS The study population comprised all Danes in the age range eligible for blood d...

Despite considerable recent growth in ultramarathon running, little is known about the characteristics of the participants. This work documents demographic characteristics of 161-km ultramarathoners. Surveys were completed by 489 of 674 runners entered in two of the largest 161-km ultramarathons in North America in 2009. Respondents had a mean (± SD) age of 44.5 ± 9.8 years (range 20-72 years) ...

Internet technology provides unprecedented opportunities to assemble large numbers of individuals with rare diseases from across the world to conduct clinical research studies. One such rare disease is Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a cancer predisposition syndrome affecting ~1/3000-4000 individuals worldwide. To enable large epidemiological research studies on NF1, we developed an online NF1 ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether a previously-validated touch screen computer program of symptoms and management of childhood asthma is acceptable to parents who accompany their children to consult a GP, and to examine whether any parent characteristics are associated with acceptability. METHODS Conducted in general practice in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. A cross sectional pen and paper survey ...

The changing demographic structure of the population, resulting in unparalleled growth of the elderly population, means that e-inclusion of this population group is considered to be a social and political priority in the context of the Information Society. Most research studies have only considered individual variables -such as age, gender, education, income and health- in the explanatory model...

Kenyan athletes have dominated international distance running in recent years. Explanations for their success include favourable physiological characteristics, which could include favourable genetic endowment, and advantageous environmental conditions. The aim of this study was to compare the demographic characteristics of elite Kenyan runners with those of the general Kenyan population. Questi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical and demographic characteristics of children diagnosed with Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2000 to June 2012. METHODOLOGY A retrospective analysis was done, regarding medical charts of 43 children under the age of 16 years with a dis...